Implementing a Grant Proposal Writing Exercise in Undergraduate Science Courses To Incorporate Real-World Applications and Critical Analysis of Current Literature

2013 ◽  
Vol 90 (10) ◽  
pp. 1316-1319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn E. Cole ◽  
Maki Inada ◽  
Andrew M. Smith ◽  
Michael P. Haaf
Keyword(s):  
Current Literature ◽  
Real World ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Grant Proposal ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Proposal Writing ◽  
Real World Applications ◽  
Undergraduate Science

scholarly journals Developing an Analytical Framework to Characterize Student Reasoning about Complex Processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. ar49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily E. Scott ◽  
Charles W. Anderson ◽  
K. K. Mashood ◽  
Rebecca L. Matz ◽  
Sonia M. Underwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Scientific Concepts ◽  
Student Reasoning ◽  
Causal Explanations ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Undergraduate Science ◽  
Complex Phenomena ◽  
Conceptual Resources

Real-world processes are complex and require ideas from multiple disciplines to be explained. However, many science courses offer limited opportunities for students to synthesize scientific ideas into coherent explanations. In this study, we investigated how students constructed causal explanations of complex phenomena to better understand the ways they approach this practice. We interviewed 12 undergraduate science majors and asked them to explain real-world phenomena. From these interviews, we developed a characterization framework that described the reasoning patterns we found. In this framework, we identified three explanatory frames that differentiated the kinds of explanations students provided: a colloquial frame, wherein participants activated conceptual resources based on personal experience using everyday language; an emerging mechanistic frame, wherein participants used scientific concepts in semicoherent ways; and a causal mechanistic frame, wherein participants cohesively drew upon scientific conceptual resources to construct mechanistic explanations. Overall, the causal mechanistic frame was the least prevalent frame invoked by students. Instead, many drew on an emerging mechanistic frame and struggled to identify and apply scientific concepts to real-world scenarios. We advocate for incorporating opportunities to reason about real-world phenomena into undergraduate science curricula to provide students with experience integrating scientific concepts to explain real-world phenomena.

scholarly journals Electronic Phenomena of Transition Metal Oxides

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 256
Author(s):  
Christian Rodenbücher ◽  
Kristof Szot
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Transition Metal ◽  
Metal Oxides ◽  
Real World ◽  
Transition Metal Oxides ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Real World Applications

Transition metal oxides with ABO3 or BO2 structures have become one of the major research fields in solid state science, as they exhibit an impressive variety of unusual and exotic phenomena with potential for their exploitation in real-world applications [...]

scholarly journals Applications of Distributed-Order Fractional Operators: A Review

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Wei Ding ◽  
Sansit Patnaik ◽  
Sai Sidhardh ◽  
Fabio Semperlotti
Keyword(s):  
Fractional Calculus ◽  
Real World ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Variable Order ◽  
Fractional Operators ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Real World Applications ◽  
Distributed Order

Distributed-order fractional calculus (DOFC) is a rapidly emerging branch of the broader area of fractional calculus that has important and far-reaching applications for the modeling of complex systems. DOFC generalizes the intrinsic multiscale nature of constant and variable-order fractional operators opening significant opportunities to model systems whose behavior stems from the complex interplay and superposition of nonlocal and memory effects occurring over a multitude of scales. In recent years, a significant amount of studies focusing on mathematical aspects and real-world applications of DOFC have been produced. However, a systematic review of the available literature and of the state-of-the-art of DOFC as it pertains, specifically, to real-world applications is still lacking. This review article is intended to provide the reader a road map to understand the early development of DOFC and the progressive evolution and application to the modeling of complex real-world problems. The review starts by offering a brief introduction to the mathematics of DOFC, including analytical and numerical methods, and it continues providing an extensive overview of the applications of DOFC to fields like viscoelasticity, transport processes, and control theory that have seen most of the research activity to date.

scholarly journals Mobile Manipulation Hackathon: Moving into Real World Applications

2021 ◽  
pp. 2-14
Author(s):  
Maximo A. Roa ◽  
Mehmet R. Dogar ◽  
Jordi Pages ◽  
Carlos Vivas ◽  
Antonio Morales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Mobile Manipulation ◽  
Real World Applications

Automated synthesis of custom networks-on-chip for real world applications

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anup Gangwar ◽  
Nitin Kumar Agarwal ◽  
Ravishankar Sreedharan ◽  
Ambica Prasad ◽  
Sri Harsha Gade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Automated Synthesis ◽  
Networks On Chip ◽  
Real World Applications ◽  
On Chip
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